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NCLEX Nutrition
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nclex
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health-sciences
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nursing
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health-fitness-nutrition
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What clinical administration is used and checked by albumin - prealbumin - and transferrin and overall nutrtion?
fats
prealbumin levels
folic acid - orange juice - meat - green leafy veg
TPN total parenteral nutrition
2. These nutrients required for proper growth - development - body repair - fluid and electrolyte balance - produce enzymes - hormones and antibodies
protein
essential amino acids
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition
3 cups
3. What foods are carbohydrates and provide energy?
day week or month
5.5 ounces/day
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
starches - sugars - and cellulose
4. Where can you find good sources of vitamin E?
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
bread - pasta - oatmeal - cereal - tortilla - and grits
vitamin C - citrus fruits
milk - enriched grains
5. What function is vitamin A?
fats
vision - bone - tissue growth -immune and reproductive function
2.5 cups
2 cups
6. What is RDA of protein?
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
pregnant women or elderly
antioxidant - immune function
protein
7. When does BMR decrease?
bread - pasta - oatmeal - cereal - tortilla - and grits
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition
pregnant women or elderly
infants - children - pregnant or lactating
8. What is normal albumin levels?
antioxidant - wound healing - hormone synth
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
dairy and fortified foods
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
9. How long should a food record or journal is analyzed for nutrient content?
vitamin C - citrus fruits
dairy and fortified foods
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
one week period
10. What is the function of vitamin E?
antioxidant - immune function
2.5 cups
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
18-25
11. Where can you get more vitamin D?
bread - pasta - oatmeal - cereal - tortilla - and grits
hemoglobin
trans fatty acid
dairy and fortified foods
12. Waist circumference correlates apple versus pear body type and reflects risk pattern for disease
apple is higher risk than a pear
niacin B3 - peanuts - legumes - enriched grains
trans fatty acid
folic acid - orange juice - meat - green leafy veg
13. These cannot be synthesized by body and must be obtained by diet
300 cal/day increase
carrots and sweet potatoes
2 cups
essential amino acids
14. If a patient. was riboflavin B2 deficient what foods are good sources of B2?
antioxidant - wound healing - hormone synth
milk - enriched grains
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
15. Where can you find good sources of vitamin K?
infants - children - pregnant or lactating
dietary approach to stop hypertension
liver and intestinal synthesis
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
16. Insufficient intake of carbohydrate results in these two nutrients being used as energy
18-25
5.5 ounces/day
albumin levels
protein and fat
17. How much more calories are needed for pregnancy?
decrease in total lymphocyte count
300 cal/day increase
diet recall
carrots and sweet potatoes
18. How many calories/gram is protein?
apple is higher risk than a pear
4 calories/gram
atrophy or wasting of muscle
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition
19. What type of albumin levels will show malnutrtion?
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
can consume more calories without weight gain
low albumin levels < 3.4
20. How much fruit is to be eaten/day?
2 cups
day week or month
liver and intestinal synthesis
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
21. If fat intake is insufficient then expect these medical problems
one week period
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
trans fatty acid
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
22. What foods are needed for pellegra - dermatitis - diarrhea - and dementia?
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
niacin B3 - peanuts - legumes - enriched grains
dairy and fortified foods
hemorrhage
23. How much grains are to be eaten per day?
milk - enriched grains
6 oz. a day
antioxidant - immune function
vitamin C - citrus fruits
24. What is normal BMI?
dietary approach to stop hypertension
rickets - osteomalacia
review of systems
18-25
25. What does basal metabolic rate BMR calculate?
starches - sugars - and cellulose
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
4 calories/gram
TPN total parenteral nutrition
26. What problem may occur if vitamin K deficient?
rickets - osteomalacia
starches - sugars - and cellulose
prealbumin levels
hemorrhage
27. What orange vegetables are good to eat?
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
day week or month
carrots and sweet potatoes
atrophy or wasting of muscle
28. Name six sources of grains
bread - pasta - oatmeal - cereal - tortilla - and grits
fats
5.5 ounces/day
B and C
29. When does BMR increase?
niacin B3 - peanuts - legumes - enriched grains
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
antioxidant - immune function
30. What type of patients are to utilize nutritional screening initiatives NSI?
18-25
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
pregnant women or elderly
dark green - orange - drybeans
31. How much meat/beans should be eaten?
infants - children - pregnant or lactating
review of systems
5.5 ounces/day
vitamin K
32. What foods are good if patient. is vitamin A defecient and/or suffer from night blindness or xeropthalmia?
2 cups
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
cream cheese - cream or butter
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
33. Fats can lead to some medical problems
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
hemorrhage
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
34. What illness is a direct result of vitamin D deficiency?
rickets - osteomalacia
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts
atrophy or wasting of muscle
35. If protein stores become depleted which can neagatively affect immune system of which lab value
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
milk - enriched grains
dietary approach to stop hypertension
decrease in total lymphocyte count
36. If inadequate amounts of protein can lead to this
dietary approach to stop hypertension
protein
atrophy or wasting of muscle
vitamin K
37. Good overall indicator of nutritional status becaUse of long half life and maintain until malnutrtion occurs
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts
albumin levels
fat soluble vitamins
niacin B3 - peanuts - legumes - enriched grains
38. What type of people need extra protein?
infants - children - pregnant or lactating
2 cups
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
2.5 cups
39. What blood levels are checked for decrease in iron?
atrophy or wasting of muscle
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
hemoglobin
antioxidant - immune function
40. What foods are good sources of carbohydrates?
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
hemoglobin
liver and intestinal synthesis
low albumin levels < 3.4
41. How much more calories are needed for lactation?
fish - nuts and vegetable oils
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
500 cal/day
42. What does DASH stand for?
fish - nuts and vegetable oils
dietary approach to stop hypertension
2 cups
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
43. How much sodium may be consumed per day?
one tspn salt or less
review of systems
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
can consume more calories without weight gain
44. This tool assesses each body system for nutrent excess or deficiency
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
review of systems
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
pregnant women or elderly
45. What is the recording tool for all foods/beverages consumed in last 24 hours includes time - location - portion?
diet recall
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts
pregnant women or elderly
46. What type of fat is to kept to an all time low for consumption?
dietary approach to stop hypertension
infants - children - pregnant or lactating
trans fatty acid
2 cups
47. The higher the BMR a client has --
albumin levels
dark green - orange - drybeans
infants - children - pregnant or lactating
can consume more calories without weight gain
48. What are the 5 major functions of vitamins?
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
albumin levels
300 cal/day increase
carrots and sweet potatoes
49. What function is vitamin D?
can consume more calories without weight gain
4 calories/gram
fat soluble vitamins
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
50. How many cal/gram are carbohydrates?
4 calories/gram
pregnant women or elderly
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient